Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

Overview

Key: E minor · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Part → Verse → Chorus → Break → Part → Verse → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• Em – Am (×5)
  i – iv

Verse 1

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv
• C – G – C – G/D – G – C – G – A5 – B
  bVI – bIII – bVI – bIII⁶₄ – bIII – bVI – bIII – IV5 – V

Chorus 1

• Em – Am (×3)
  i – iv
• F♯5 – A5 – F♯5 – E5 – G5
  II5 – IV5 – II5 – I5 – bIII5

Part 1

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv

Verse 2

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv
• C – G – C – G/D – G – C – G – B5
  bVI – bIII – bVI – bIII⁶₄ – bIII – bVI – bIII – V5

Chorus 2

• Em – Am (×3)
  i – iv
• F♯5 – A5 – F♯5
  II5 – IV5 – II5

Break

• Em
  i

Part 2

Same chords as Part 1.

Verse 3

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv
• C – G (×3)
  bVI – bIII
• B
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Outro

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv
• C – G (×3)
  bVI – bIII
• A5 – B
  IV5 – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F♯5 (II5) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo).
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.